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Vanishing Desert: Portrait of the Rattlesnake

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Catalogue Number:  010050
Producer:  Wilderness Committee
Producing Agencies:  Wilderness Committee, Mike McKinlay Productions
Subject:  Canadian Social Studies, Environmental Justice, Environmental Studies, Nature, Science, Social Studies
Language:  English
Grade Level:  6 - 8, 9 - 12, Post Secondary, Adult
Country Of Origin:  Canada
Copyright Year:  2012
Running Time:  5:00


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Travel to the Osoyoos region of British Columbia, the only desert ecosystem in Canada, habitat of the Northern Pacific Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus oreganus). This program documents a research project initiated by Thompson Rivers University, focusing on the impact of urban development on the habitat and migration routes of rattlesnakes in the Osoyoos desert.


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